2025-12-04
FirnMelt - Greenland’s Melting Firn and Ice Sheet Response
ERC Synergy Project approved for Angelika Humbert
The melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet is altering the porous firn layer at the glacier surface, significantly reducing its ability to retain water. As a result, increasing amounts of meltwater reach the base of the glaciers, where it influences glacier sliding and subglacial water drains into the fjords.
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2025-12-01
Saint Barbara suffers, baptizes, and celebrates again
Thou shalt be Cummingtonite!
It´s finally Barbara time! We cordially invite you to spend a wonderful evening in the foyer of the GEO building on Friday, December 5, 2025, starting at 8:00 p.m. For first-year students in our bachelor´s programs, as well as all new master´s students and new employees in the department, the traditional baptism by our patron saint, Saint Barbara, is coming up, by which you will become part of the earth science community. So, come on by!
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2025-11-14
Pour le Mérite Order for Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius
Marine scientist Antje Boetius, a cooperation professor in the College of Geosciences at the University of Bremen, has been awarded the Pour le Mérite Order. Admission to the order is one of the highest honors in Germany for outstanding achievements in the arts and sciences. The Faculty of Geosciences extends its warmest congratulations!
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2025-11-13
Prof. Dr. Olaf Eisen Receives the Weertman Medal
The European Geosciences Union (EGU) has named Prof. Dr. Olaf Eisen as the recipient of the 2026 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal, recognizing his outstanding contributions to the field of cryospheric sciences.
The Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal honors scientists who have made exceptional advances in the understanding of ice and snow processes. Named after two pioneers in glaciology and materials science, the medal represents one of the most prestigious recognitions in the field.
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The Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal honors scientists who have made exceptional advances in the understanding of ice and snow processes. Named after two pioneers in glaciology and materials science, the medal represents one of the most prestigious recognitions in the field.
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